Center for Neural Science

Center for Neural Science
Founder(s)J. Anthony Movshon
Established1989
Address4 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003
Location
New York
,
NY
,
United States
Websiteas.nyu.edu/cns.html

The Center for Neural Science is a research institution founded in 1989 by members of the New York University Psychology Department, following a major funding drive.[1] Its founder was J. Anthony Movshon, who has been director ever since, with brief interruptions. The center has 25 faculty members. Among them are three members of the National Academy of Sciences: J. Anthony Movshon, David Heeger, and Joseph E. LeDoux. Thanks to the work of Paul Glimcher,[2] it is one of the birthplaces of neuroeconomics. Thanks to the work of Joseph LeDoux, it has been a prime center for the study of emotions and the amygdala.

References

  1. ^ Honan, William H. "Buying Excellence: How N.Y.U. Rebuilt Itself -- A special report.; A Decade and $1 Billion Put N.Y.U. With the Elite", The New York Times, New York, 20 March 1995. Retrieved on 16 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Glimcher Bio" Archived February 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

External links

  • official department website

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